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The Mobile News Item

Location

Mobile, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Jan 20, 1923

Page

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Mobile court Convicts and fines in wreck case

In Mobile a judge sentenced four men to bonds and jail time after an automobile crash on Cedar Point road, with John P. Doyle killed and others injured. Testimony said steering failure and reckless driving caused the wreck, while penalties emphasized strict limits on dangerous driving.

William Woolsey Church Street Cedar Point Road John P. Doyle Recorder’s Court Manter Jan Ever Mastin Willie Mastin, Jr Walter Bertano J. A. Peterson Doyie Vest Company Doyle Arlington Woolsey Masin U-Driver Company Peterson Mastion Bertanog Ison U-Drive It Pany

Orleans Man Is Defendant In Rum Purchase Suit

A. J. Bach of New Orleans is named as defendant in a suit filed by Katie & Co of New Providence over alleged Caribbean liquor shipments. The petition claims liquor bought for a Mexican port was diverted to an unnamed American port and that drafts were presented to a New Orleans bank with payment refused. Local prohibition officials say a judgment could lead to a federal action against Fabacher.

Federal Court Petit Jury J. B. McPherson Nedawah McPherson Webb-Jemison- Perez Webb Farm Moffat Road New Orleans A. J. Bach Katie & Co New Providence Fabacher

Baldwin County Sets Annual Fair Organization in Loxley

Baldwin County Fair Association formed in Loxley Alabama to stage an annual fair and showcase county products. The group plans a $10 000 capitalization with Mark West as president Elmer Kirby first vice president Q F E Winberg second vice president and James Carney treasurer. Directors include George Bryant D D Jayne Ray Michette W W H Taube C M Seeberm C M Lyrene Fred Heeseman M tink Herman Kothier Arthur Rockwell Joe Berger A W Wer Oscar Williams and Musco-

Loxley Ala Mark West Elmer Kirby Foley Q. F. E. Winberg Sills James Carney Carney A Hayselden Oley Diors George Bryant Ockton D. D. Jayne Ray Michette W.W. H. Taube C. M. Seeberm Robertsdale C. M. Lyrene Silver Hill Fred @heeseman Summerdale M. Tink Magnolia Springs Herman Kothier Elbera Arthur Rockwell al Move Joe Berger Daphne A. W. Wer Oak Oscar Wiliams Musco

Thompson fined after auto smashup in Crichton

M G Thompson of Crichton was fined 25 or 25 days by the recorder for reckless firing after a collision with a Mounsey car on Mobile street as Thompson turned into Old Shell road. The Mounsey driver faced reckless driving charges dismissed as Thompson was held solely at fault.

Mobile Gulf South Atlantic McQuillan Louisville & Nashville Seaboard Air Line E Central of Georgia Lines Mobile & Ohio The Southern Railroad Southern Chamber of Commerce Southern Hardood Traffic Association R. G. Cobb Traffic Bureau J. S. Taylor M. G. Thompson Crichton Recorder W. J. By Thompson Mobile Street Old Shell Road Mounsey Rev Ull

Weather outlook across states this week

The forecast cites Alabama Mississippi and Florida with probable showers tonight and Sunday then cooler Sunday. The South Atlantic and East Gulf coast region shows considerable cloudiness with occasional rains early in the week and again Thursday or Friday. Gulf States expect generally fair weather with local rains Wednesday or Thursday and normal temperatures.

Washington Alabama Mississippi West Torida South Atlantic East Gulf Gulf States

Ballot Boxes Ready for Bond Issue Vote

County officials report readiness for Tuesday elections on the county high school bond issue and the warrant redemption issue. Committees prepared to open polls and mobilize voters, with extra ballot boxes ordered after losses from previous purchases. There will be separate boxes for the two elections and campaign activity continues up to election day.

Board of Revenue

Wilmer Officer Discovers Two Illicit Stills

Deputy Sheriff J N Stringfellow reports destruction of two illicit stills near Gulfcrest and Georgetown. One 50 gallon drum with six barrels of mash was found a mile and a half from Gulfcrest. the other had eight barrels of mash and eight gallons of rye whiskey three miles north of Georgetown. A search along West Chath yielded four sacks of whiskey cognac and creme de menthe in quart bottles.

J. N. Stringfellow Wilmer Ala Paul Cazalas Gulfcrest Gulfcrest Road Georgetown West Chath Charleston Street

Congress St House Damaged by Fire

Fire of unknown origin at 10 35 Friday night in a woodshed at 201 North Broad Street communicated to the dwelling at 952 Congress Street causing about 100 in damages. One water stream put out the blaze. Loss covered by insurance. Fire department also reported a false alarm at Government and George Streets and earlier Friday at 46 Chestnut Street.

North Broad Congress Street Insura George Streets Chestnut Streets

Train wreck reported near Sabin Minnesota

Great Northern passenger train No. 12 from Fargo to Chicago was reported wrecked near Sabin Minnesota today. The train caught fire according to first reports and railroad officers had no details yet.

Minneapolis Minn Great Northern Fargo N. D Chicago Sabin

Bank Bandit Dies After Robbery Shootout

In Paul Minnesota two patrons were seriously wounded and the bank bandit was killed during an attempted robbery at Paine Avenue State Bank. The deadly exchange of shots occurred today as the bandits acted. Authorities investigate motive and identify other assailants.

Barrymore Sets Record in Hamlet Run at New York

Barrymore breaks Edwin Booth’s long standing mark by performing Hamlet for the 101st time. The fatigue of the role leads him to announce a long vacation despite potential losses for producer Arthur Hopkins. Audience counts and tolls of the run are noted as the star contemplates rest.

New York John Barrymore Edwin Booth Hamiet Arthur Hopkins

U S Flag at Coblenz to be lowered January 25

Coblenz January 20 The American flag over Ehrenbreitstein fortress since 1918 will be lowered and the French flag raised in a January 25 ceremony. Major General Harry T. Allen said the St Mihiel will take troops home, arriving Antwerp January 22 and departing January 26 for the United States. The Eighth Infantry will depart Coblenz for Antwerp January 25.

Coblenz Associated Press Ehrenbreitstein Rhine Paris France

Fainting lecture rattles Newark Men's Club

Miss Martha Miller 22 a Museum of Natural History staffer once killed a lion in Africa and felled faint during a lecture at Park Presbyterian Church Newark before a Men s Club audience. She said she was petrified though she had fought elephants and bloodsucking tse tse flies in the wild.

New York Martha Miller Museum of Natural History Miss Miller Africa Park Presbytrian Newark

Nude painting denied hanging at National Arts Club show

A nude painting by Isabel Cohen of New York was refused hanging at the National Arts Club annual prize exhibition. Cohen said today she did not consider the picture objectionable.

New York Isabel Cohen National Arts Club

Female bluebeards to be tried February seventh

Chicago January 20 Judge Marcus Kavanaugh announced that Mrs Tillie Klimek and Mrs Nellie Koulik two alleged women bluebeards will be placed on trial February 7 for poisoning their husbands and other family members.

Chicago Tillie Klimek Nellie Koulik Marcus Kavanaugh

Vigilantes Rest After Turbulent Northern Kansas Outbreak

Vigilantes in Harrison, Atchison County, finished a brief vacation after a week of floggings and a lynching of E. C. Gregor amid a strike at the Missouri North Arkansas Railway. Boone county grand jury returns twenty five indictments against union railway workers as Citizens' Court and Committee of 1,000 suspend active duties but organize guard squads along the line until further notice. Judge Shinn signals no clear ruling on legality of mob rule while investigations resume next week.

Harrison Atk Kansas E. C. Gregor Missouri & North Arkansas Missouri & North Arkansas Railway Boone County Circuit Grand Jury Shinn Unti Citizens Arkansas Shinn Citizens’ Court Circuit Court Grand Jury

Four Chinese Smuggling Convicts Sentenced in Virginia

In Va on January 20 four men were sentenced in a United States court by Judge D L Groner to two years on each of three counts for smuggling 18 Chinese into the United States. The defendants are to begin serving their terms in the federal penitentiary.

Florence Ala Associated Press Uncle Sam Panama Canal Wilson Dam Ip. Va United States Federal D. L. Groner

Warrant Issued for Ruth Roland in Los Angeles

A warrant was issued for motion picture actress Ruth Roland after she failed to respond to a summons on two traffic ordinance violations. Judge Joseph F. Chambers explained the warrant was intended to enforce respect for the law and not to single out individuals.

Los Angeles Cal Ruth Roland Joseph FF. Chambers

Chicago Dental Society to close after record annual meeting

The 59th annual Chicago Dental Society meeting in Chicago began with a nationwide radio campaign on dental health and concluded today with clinics. Officials said the gathering was to be the largest in the history of dentistry.

Phicago Chicao Dental Society

Plot to tunnel into Mount Joy prison thwarted

In Welin on January 2 Free State forces halted a tunneling plot to reach Mount Joy prison from a house and free Irish political prisoners. Government troops captured six men found digging a tunnel bored to connect the cellar of a residence to the prison.

Welin Mount Joy Polita Free State

Bituminous Coal Operators Meet In New York

Bituminous coal operators united today as they entered the fourth day of wage talks with union miners to replace the April first scale. Ohio Indiana and Illinois interests reportedly settled differences. Labor leaders feared the conference might again stall, and were willing to renew the current scale and accept a one year pact to avoid further anti trust clashes.

New York Associated Press Ohio Indiana Illinois Chicago

Four Executed in County Kerry

Four men were executed today at the Trales jail in County Kerry for possessing arms and ammunition. The condemned were James Daly of Killarney John Clifford Michael Brannan and James Lansang with addresses unspecified.

Belfast Associated Press Trales County Kerry James Daly Killarney John Clifford Michael Brannan James Lansang

Burnett Identified in Open Kidnaping Murder Case

Mrs. BR. D. Carlisle testified in Bastrop Louisiana that she positively identified Burnett as part of the mob that kidnapped Watt Daniel and Thomas F. Richards on the Opel Rouge highway August 24 and later murdered them after torture. Burnett was released today on a $5,000 bond.

Burnett Bastrop BR. D. Carlisle Cara Jett Lifelo Bethe Winch Mer Rouge Watt Daniel Thomas F. Richards Carlisle Daniel Richards

Attorney General Coco Called to Baton Rouge for Conference

Reports say Attorney General A. V. Coco will travel to Baton Rouge for a conference with Governor John M. Parker this afternoon. Citizens speculate on the conference purpose amid ongoing hooded mob murder investigations.

Bastrop A. V. Coco Baton Rouge John M. Parker

Blanche Ring Found Co-Star Whose Hidden Talent Shaped Winninger

Blanche Ring discovers Charles Winninger in a Wisconsin town, launching his stage career in the family stock troupe. The pair share billing in the musical comedy As You Were at the Bijou Theater. Ring praises Winninger as one of the finest on stage today and as a good husband off stage.

Blanche Ring Charles Winninger Bijou Mr. Winninger Miss Ring Wisconsin Miss. Ring Ana Orm

Early forecast murky on Einstein eclipse tests

Dr W Campbell of the University of California notes it is too soon to forecast results from the September 21 total solar eclipse experiments. He explains that lengthy computations and precise measurements are needed to test whether light from distant stars is bent as proposed by Einstein.

San Francisco University of Ca Sur Campbell

Refugees dying at rate of 1000 daily in Greece

In Athens on January 20, Dr Mabel Elliott head of Iran women’s hospitals and relief director said Near East refugees in Greece die at about 1000 daily. She noted refugees in about 800 localities, more than one fifth of the population, with typhus in 36 places and smallpox in 64 locations.

Athens Amor Greece Accos Mabel Elliott Iran Smalip

Reichbank Falls Open Doors Ordered In Duesseldorf

Duesseldorf, Jan 20 The Associated Press reports Reichbank did not open today and General Gouette ordered immediate resumption of its activities. It remains unclear whether penalties will follow for noncompliance. Leeneweher, the bank’s director, said services would be restored and most private clients who were closed yesterday were operating this morning.

Birmingham Ala Frankfort Los Azogeles Cal Saftin Tramston Brunswick Drug Company Essen Associated Press Foch Ruhr Duesseldorf

Sawmill Man Given Life for Murder in Merryville Case

Carl Holbrook, a sawmill worker from Lake Charles, received a life sentence after a jury verdict declaring him guilty of murder in the death of Robert Welborn, president of the parish school board. The killing in Merryville stemmed from a feud tied to poisoning a dog, court records show.

Lake Charles Carl Holbrook Imell Robert Welborn Merryville

Turkey Signals Willingness to Sign U S Pact

Reports from Lausanne indicate Turkey is ready to sign a separate treaty with the United States to grant lands created by Richard Washb Child, head of the American delegation, if the peace conference loses authority.

Lausanne Turkey United States Richard Washb Child

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